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1 dead, 31 injured as bus carrying school pupils overturns
One person was confirmed dead while 31 were injured, among them 25 primary school pupils, after a bus carrying staff and the young learners overturned near Rusape on Friday afternoon.Police sp...Published: 02 Nov 2024 at 12:03hrs | 1500 | by Staff reporter
Motorists cheat deaths; as haulage truck overturns
At least two motorists survived an accident in Chipembere area yesterday when a haulage truck overturned at the 60-kilometre peg along Harare-Mutare highway.According to witnesses, the haulage...Published: 29 Sep 2024 at 14:36hrs | 912 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
BREAKING: Senior Magistrate overturns with government vehicle
Plumtree regional magistrate Lungile Ncube yesterday had an accident with the government vehicle at the 7 kilometer peg along Plumtree - Bulawayo highway....Published: 05 Sep 2024 at 06:57hrs | 2252 | by Paul Ndou
PHOTO: ZUPCO overturns at Dande bridge
A Kanyemba-bound ZUPCO bus allegedly overturned on Saturday at Dande bridge in Mbire district.The driver is said to have failed to cross the bridge and it overturned and there were no injuries...Published: 19 Aug 2024 at 15:36hrs | 1878 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Court overturns robbers-cum-rapists' lenient sentence
The National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe has successfully appealed against a lenient sentence given to two armed robbers who also committed rape. Wallace Kufandada and Takudzwa Pepukai were orde...Published: 12 Jun 2024 at 06:49hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe court overturns unjust birth certificate denial
Two minor children who were undocumented since birth and rendered stateless after the Registrar General's Office declined to issue them with birth certificates got a reprieve after the High Court orde...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 07:31hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Tragedy Strikes as Stallion Cruise Bus Overturns Near Gwayi Bridge
In a devastating incident on Sunday early morning, a Stallion Cruise bus veered off course, rolling over to the deep side of the road near Gwayi Bridge, casting a somber cloud over Kamativi.Th...Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 09:28hrs | 27 | by Peter Matuka
EcoCash overturns loss into profit
EcoCash Holdings Zimbabwe Limited (EHZL), a FINTECH company, successfully transformed its financial performance, turning a loss into a profit of ZWL$130.19 million after tax for the half-year ending A...Published: 13 Nov 2023 at 05:47hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mechanic overturns in client's car
A Mvurwi-based mechanic allegedly overturned with a client's car at Guruve bus stop in Mvurwi while on a drive test on Sunday.According to police a Honda Fit overturned and no injuries were re...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 14:13hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zanu-PF, MDC-T, CCC make pledge for peaceful election campaigns
5 people killed after speeding Stallion Cruise bus overturnsA bus overturned in Binga on Sunday morning killing five passengers, police said.The Stallion Cruise bus, travelling to Bulawayo...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 21:44hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Photo Chief Makope's car overturns
Mazowe chief, Makope's vehicle reportedly overturned this morning at Tsatse, Concession.It is alleged it was being driven by his son and no fatalities were recorded.More to follow......Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 15:03hrs | 11 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Bulawayo bound bus overturns in SA
ABOUT 40 Zimbabweans escaped death by a whisker after a Bulawayo-bound bus they were traveling in overturned along the N1 highway near Makhado town in Limpopo province South Africa on 18 June....Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 12:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fuel tanker overturns, kills driver
A FUEL tanker driver died on the spot when his vehicle overturned outside the Mzilikazi Barracks in Bulawayo, spilling over 20 000 litres of petrol resulting in the closure of the Bulawayo-Harare high...Published: 27 May 2023 at 09:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
4 dead, 7 injured after Granvia overturns
Four people died on the spot after a Toyota Granvia carrying 11 passengers veered off the road and overturned along the Masvingo-Beitbridge road.The fatal accident happened on Friday along the...Published: 20 May 2023 at 19:52hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Court overturns Zanu-PF's Chitungwiza deputy mayor's appointment
THE High Court has nullified the appointment of Chitungwiza's ward 13 councillor, Kiven Mutimba (Zanu-PF) as the town's deputy mayor by Local Government minister July Moyo, two years ago.Moyo,...Published: 03 Mar 2023 at 06:27hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Kombi overturns after a crash
Two people were seriously injured while others escaped with minor injuries when a commuter omnibus bus they were travelling in collided with a Toyota Dyna truck along Simon Mazorodze road this morning...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 08:35hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Waterfalls
2 killed and several injured as kombi ferrying mourners to funeral bursts tyre and overturns
Two mourners died whole 10 others were injured after a vehicle ferrying them to a funeral was involved in a road crash.Midlands Acting police spokesperson, Assistant Inspector Fungai Ngawagare...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 07:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
38 people injured as bus carrying Zimbabweans overturns in South Africa
Western Cape police are investigating a case of reckless and negligent driving following an accident on the N1 between Paarl and Rawsonville on Saturday morning.According to police spokesperso...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Pupils cheat death as commuter omnibus overturns
NINETEEN Drake High School pupils cheated death after a commuter omnibus they were travelling in overturned and landed on its roof, leaving three pupils hospitalised.Three pupils sustained ser...Published: 11 Oct 2022 at 06:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Driver killed as bus overturns, burns
A BUS driver died on the spot while two passengers sustained serious injuries when a Gokwe-bound bus there were travelling in veered off the road, overturned and rolled several times before it caught ...Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
High court overturns conviction of 'covid-19 vaccine seeking' Goromonzi residents
THE High Court has overturned the conviction of three Goromonzi residents who were fined ZWL5 000 each last year for disorderly conduct when they allegedly protested over stock outs of coronavirus vac...Published: 23 May 2022 at 14:46hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
42 000 litres of petrol lost as truck overturns
A TRUCK laden with 42 000 litres of petrol bound for Zambia overturned along the Harare-Chirundu Highway on Wednesday evening, contaminating at least 250 square metres of land.The incident occ...Published: 21 May 2022 at 17:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZRP blitz claims four lives as Kombi overturns after cop throws spike
THE ongoing police blitz against commuter omnibuses and pirate taxis has claimed its first victims after a police officer threw a spike at a moving minibus, resulting in it overturning and killing fou...Published: 04 May 2022 at 20:07hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
1 killed, 22 injured after bus overturns and lands on its roof
One person was killed and 32 others injured when an Inter Africa bus overturned near Norton, 39km west of Harare, on Tuesday morning.Police said the bus, travelling from Murombedzi to Ha...Published: 05 Apr 2022 at 19:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: 40 passengers cheat death after bus overturns
FORTY people cheated death when a bus belonging to Dubies Bus Service veered off the road and overturned as the driver was trying to avoid two vehicles, a Zupco kombi and Bulawayo City Council (BCC) t...Published: 14 Mar 2022 at 20:40hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
High Court orders Zec to reopen nomination for 6 constituencies
The High Court has this afternoon ordered the Zimbabwe Election Commission (ZEC) to reopen the Nomination Court for the nomination of candidates to fill vacancies in Nkulumane, Mbizo, Kambuzuma, Mutas...Published: 26 Jan 2022 at 21:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Speeding Zupco bus overturns
Twenty-three passengers and two Zupco bus crew members this morning cheated death after the Harare-bound speeding bus failed to brake and overturned at Mushagashe tollgate along the Harare-Masvingo hi...Published: 24 Jan 2022 at 16:53hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Speeding bus overturns
Eight people were injured and are currently admitted at Bindura hospital after speeding Mtenzi hashtag bus they were traveling in overturned yesterd...Published: 06 Jan 2022 at 20:40hrs | 6 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Army truck overturns on road to Mnangagwa garden visit
An army truck heading to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's launch of what was described as a "market gardening project" in Makorokoro, Matabeleland South, overturned on Wednesday killing two soldiers and...Published: 16 Dec 2021 at 23:32hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Judge declares Drax, NatPharm deal valid
THE cancellation of the 2019 contract between Drax Consult SALG and NatPharm for the supply of medicines and related sundries was improper, the High Court ruled yesterday, since the tender had been ap...Published: 01 Dec 2021 at 05:33hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Axe wielding bus employees block road, bus overturns
Two Musanhi bus Investments axe weilding employees appeared before Guruve Magistrate Rumbidzai Mugwagwa on Thursday for blocking the road with a log...Published: 06 Nov 2021 at 17:56hrs | 6 | by Llyod Rabaya/Simbarashe Sithole
Bus overtuns, several passengers injured
Several people were injured when a Velvet bus operating under the Zupco franchise lost control this morning, veered off the road and over turned along Kambuzuma Road in Harare. The bus which w...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 19:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
4 die after vehicle stalls and overturns several times
FOUR members of an apostolic church - coming from an all-night prayer - died after the vehicle they were travelling in rolled backwards and overturned several times in Buchwa mountain in Mberengwa. ...Published: 13 Aug 2021 at 13:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kombi overturns, driver flees from the scene
One person was severely injured when a commuter omnibus from Cowdray Park in Bulawayo overturned. Passengers allege that the vehicle was unstable, swerving several times before the driver lost...Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 16:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kombi overturns while fleeing police
17 people were seriously injured yesterday when an illegal commuter omnibus they were travelling in overturned while fleeing from the Zimbabwe Republic Police, near Penhalonga in Manicaland.Wi...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 08:47hrs | 3 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Judge overturns soldier's 15-year rape sentence
THE High Court has overturned the conviction and sentence of a soldier who was serving 15 years in jail for allegedly raping a sex worker and robbing her of $180 as well as her cellphone. Nkos...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
23 Injured as Zimbabwe bound bus overturns in SA
Twenty-three people believed to be Zimbabwean nationals were injured when an Impala Tours bus they were travelling in overturned a few kilometres after passing Makhado town on Monday evening. ...Published: 23 Dec 2020 at 06:43hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Bus from Joburg to Zimbabwe overturns
There are unconfirmed reports that a bus which left Johannesburg for Zimbabwe yesterday overturned in Louis Trichardt South Africa today in the morning.The accident happ...Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 08:32hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Truck overturns at police roadblock
A Mazda Swaraj truck overturned yesterday afternoon at Mazowe police roadblock.Witnesses said the driver lost control of the vehicle and it overturned....Published: 08 Oct 2020 at 08:40hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
PHOTO: Maize truck overturns
A super-link trailer laden with maize lies on its side after it disengaged from a Membar Foods haulage truck yesterday afternoon along the Bulawayo-Harare Highway in Ntabazinduna...Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 07:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
5 dead, 44 injured as SA-bound bus overturns
Five people have died and 44 injured in an accident that involves an African Link coach that was Beitbridge bound last night. Mwenezi District Administrator Ms Rosemary Chingwe confirmed the a...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 19:01hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Home Office overturns Zimbabwean housekeeper's Northern Ireland wedding ban
A Zimbabwean housekeeper who mounted an emergency High Court challenge to being denied a visitor's visa for a close friend's wedding in Belfast is now set to attend the service.Lettywin Satich...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 16:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Haulage truck carrying cobalt overturns, killing one
One person died, while several others were injured on Monday when a South Africa-bound haulage truck carrying bags of cobalt veered off the road, overturned and landed on its roof at the 60km peg alon...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 07:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Driver dies as vehicle overturns
A ZIMBABWE Super Seeds Company employee died while a female passenger he was travelling with sustained serious injuries after a vehicle they were travelling in overturned after a tyre burst. M...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 05:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bus overturns at roadblock
FIFTY three people cheated death when an Inter Africa bus they were travelling in overturned at a police roadblock at the 10km peg along Masvingo-Zvishavane Road around midday on Thursday. Mas...Published: 05 Jan 2019 at 11:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Inter Africa bus overturns
Thirty-five passengers reportedly escaped death by a whisker when a bus they were travelling in overturned and landed on its side.The Inter Africa bus was travelling from Masvingo to Zvishavan...Published: 03 Jan 2019 at 20:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mzansi Express bus overturns
Mzansi Express travelling from Joburg overturned along the Beitbridge- Harare road. This breaking news article is being updated and more details will be publ...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 20:25hrs | 5 | by Social media
Pupil dies as kombi overturns in Codray Park
A PUPIL died while 15 others, including two adults, were injured when a kombi they were travelling in broke a ball joint, overturned and rolled thrice in Bulawayo's Cowdray Park suburb yesterday. ...Published: 24 Oct 2018 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Scotch cart overturns kills one
Bid to visit a sick father-in-law ended tragic for a Mvurwi couple after a scotch cart they were travelling in overturned and killed one at the 20kilometer peg along Chiweshe-Mvurwi highway on Sunday....Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 18:19hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
BREAKING: Harare - Johannesburg Intercape bus in accident, 10 people dead
At least 10 people were killed in a bus crash on the N1 in Limpopo on Friday morning, police said. There are reports that the InterCape bus, a Volvo bus reg no: ICG 077 GP, travelling from Har...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 09:47hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
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